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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

CIO Business Intelligence

Immediately after the CrowdStrike outage happened, for example, Akamai ran a tabletop exercise. The exercise even involved running through CrowdStrikes remediation process. The exercise worked, she says, and Akamai wouldve been able to recover if the bad update had slipped through the checks. Prouty asks.

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Protecting content in the digital age: Navigating the evolving threat landscape in media publishing

CIO Business Intelligence

In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Anoop Kumar, Head of Information Security Governance Risk and Compliance at GulfNews, Al Nisr Publishing, to discuss the evolving challenges of cybersecurity in the media industry.

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Patient Portal Puts a Spotlight on Secure Messaging

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. ‘OAuth’ security, utilizing UserID, and password tokens to access data may all be effective solutions to limit access to specific information, especially when implemented as part of a larger identity management solution.

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4 methods to help CIOs manage cyber stress

CIO Business Intelligence

Seeing that hackers don’t work 9 to 5, IT and information security professionals generally don’t get enough rest, says Itumeleng Makgati, group information security executive at Standard Bank. Exercise empathy and compassion. The experts share their four top tips below. . Encourage your teams to slow things down.

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The evolving role of security and IT in DR and incident response

CIO Business Intelligence

Collaboration between IT and security operations The chief information security officer (CISO) and the SOC are at the forefront of preventing and responding to security incidents. Quick and effective response is crucial, but equally important is the collaboration between IT operations and security operations.

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Strengthening Retail’s Resilience Against Ransomware

CIO Business Intelligence

By Ashok Rutthan, Chief information security officer at Massmart. First, it’s essential that retailers practice their responses to an attack; our company continuously does tabletop learning exercises. Data and Information Security, IT Leadership How Retailers Can Become More Resilient Against Ransomware.

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What IT leaders from BlackBerry, CN and Microsoft Canada and more predict for the future of InfoSec

CIO Business Intelligence

McClurg is among the speakers at The Canadian CSO Future of Information Security Summit , taking place virtually May 18 and 19. Gathering security executives from a variety of industries across Canada, the summit will focus on mitigating risk and building market trust.

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